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Real World (Queensrÿche song)

song by Queensrÿche

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ7301113 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Real World" is a song co-written and performed by American band Queensrÿche and orchestral composer Michael Kamen that was contributed to the action film Last Action Hero in 1993 and was recorded during the sessions for the band's 1994 album Promised Land and would surface on the 2003 remastered CD of Promised Land. The band also released the song as part of their 2007 compilation album Sign of the Times.

Editorial summary

“Real World (Queensrÿche song)” enters the record as song by Queensrÿche. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Real, World and Queensrÿche can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 1994, 2003, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Real, World and Queensrÿche.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Real World (Queensrÿche song)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Real, World and Queensrÿche provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7301113. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993, 1994, 2003 and 2007.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Real World (Queensrÿche song)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Real World (Queensrÿche song) primary sources, Real World (Queensrÿche song) archive and Real research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Real World (Queensrÿche song)”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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This entry incorporates text from “Real World (Queensrÿche song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.